Slewing Commands

In Free Flight and Quick Combat, you can slew to rapidly change aircraft
position, direction, location, or altitude without actually flying in real
time. Experiment with these commands a bit to see what they do!
Note that all number keys in this section refer to the number pad on the
right side of the keyboard and that the Num Lock must be off.

Action

Command ***

Slew mode (toggle)

Y

Set aircraft position to north heading

level pitch

Display coordinates/Frame rate (toggle)

<Shift> Z

Move forward

8

Move backward

2

Move left

4

Move right

6

Move up slowly

Q

Move up quickly

F4

Move down slowly

A

Move down quickly

F1

Freeze vertical movement

F2 or F3

Rotate left

1

Rotate right

3

Move nose up

9 (top of keyboard)

Move nose up quickly

F5

Move nose down

0 (zero - top of keyboard)

Move nose down quickly

F8

Bank left

7

Bank right

9

Freeze all movement

5

*** These are the
default keyboard assignments. You can reassign any of these key
commands to key combinations you prefer.